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India lost $79.5 bn from climate-related disasters in 20 years: UN report
563 earthquakes, including related tsunamis, accounted for 56 per cent of the total deaths or 747,234 lives lost, the report said
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India's climate change dilemma: Do more while US shrugs off responsibility?
Leading from the front so far, India could be asked to do yet more to fight climate change at its own cost after the dire warnings of the latest IPCC report
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How to save the world from climate change? Eating less meat is one option
The scientists called for a "global shift" towards more plant-based diets, slashing food waste and improving farming practices
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Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies
A critical question is what role negative emissions technologies can play, both from a policy and economic point of view, as we struggle to stabilise the mean global temperature at an acceptable level
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Why Japan is mortgaging its future by choosing growth over environment
Abe administration has been criticized for its lack of environmental awareness
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Earth has 10 years left to avoid 'Unthinkable damage: UN Climate report
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report saying temperatures were likely to rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if global warming continues at this pace
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India, world's second-largest coal consumer, awaits grim climate report
Here is the problem for India: It is the second-largest coal consumer after China, putting at risk the lives of 600 million Indians to disasters caused by climate change
Rising heat on climate change: Tougher the target, greater the cost
Paris Agreement targets by all countries will cost three or four times more if the target for temperature rise is kept below 1.5 degrees Celsius instead of 2 degrees Celsius
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From Florence to Mangkhut, climate change is the reason for bad storms
It's no longer an unanswerable hypothetical, like pondering how many angels could dance on the head of a pin, we know a great deal about it - and the answers are troubling
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Kerala floods show climate change nears point of no return: UN chief
Guterres highlighted the huge economic costs of climate change and the opportunities presented by climate action
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Action on climate change could add $26 trn to world economy by 2030: Study
Dynamic action on climate could also generate "over 65 million new low-carbon jobs" by 2030 and avoid over 700,000 premature deaths due to air pollution
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India Inc must seize climate initiative
But who will take the lead? The traditional do-gooders or the young turks? Who will be the first to say, "We are in"?
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Imperative of climate change
India is burning more coal - and it of course puts this down to the fact that the end of coal would destroy the banking system and the railways in the country
Climate change warning: One-fifth of global deaths due to flooding in India
As many as 107,487 people died due to heavy rains and floods across India over 64 years between 1953 and 2017
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How Punjab's farmers are changing strategy to cope with climate change
India is one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change
Climate change could cost India 2.8% of GDP by 2050, says World Bank
If no measures are taken, average temperatures in India are predicted to increase by 1.5-3 degrees
'Climate change is real,' carmakers write in a letter to White House
The letter came roughly a week before President Donald Trump signaled he was open to talks with California on mileage standards
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India's soft power in climate change
For long, India had urged developed countries to act more forcefully on climate change, while arguing that it needed technology and finance to adopt more climate-friendly pathways
Inspiring terms are simple. 'Climate change' isn't
The doubters and believers aren't even talking about the same thing
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Revamp afforestation rules for climate justice
Indigenous peoples should be given major stake in managing compensatory afforestation funds. Otherwise, forest restoration will fail, jeopardising India's chances of achieving its Paris climate goals
